Forward modeling of SIMA seismic line

Abstract

© 2015 Kamal Gueraoui et al. In this paper, a reviewed velocity model is proposed along the North-South high-resolution profile SIMA (Seismic Imaging of the Moroccan Atlas), acquired in 2010 and crossing the four major geological zones in Morocco, the High Atlas, the Middle Atlas, the western edge of the Rif Mountains and the Sahara craton. The tremendous changes in topography of the studied area and the complex near surface layer led us to better focus on the shallow subsurface zone, and establish a revised 550 km long P-wave velocity model, based on forward modeling.